When Khodorkovsky's business was taken from him, he wasn't primarily interested in the money but in the productive machines, thousands of workers, and large-scale infrastructure projects he was managing—the work itself was what was interesting.
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“but when my business was taken away from me in fact I didn't need the money at the um I wasn't really interested in money itself what was interesting for me is those trucks those bridges thousands of people thousands of huge Machines working there that was interesting”
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How The West Can Stop Putin, with Exiled Critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Intelligence Squared— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:56:34 PM
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